The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame

A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, and...
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Author: Matthew Dennison
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Language: English
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The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame by Dennison, Matthew

The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame

€45,55

The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame

€45,55
Author: Matthew Dennison
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
A moving biography of Kenneth Grahame, author of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, and of the vision of English pastoral life that inspired it.

During his regular days in London, Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; on weekends he retired to the house in the country that he shared with his fanciful wife, Elspeth, and their fragile son, Alistair, and took lengthy walks along the Thames in Berkshire, "tempted by the treasures of hedge and ditch; the rapt surprise of the first lords-and-ladies, the rustle of a field-mouse, the splash of a frog."

The result of these pastoral wanderings was his masterful creation of The Wind in the Willows, the enduring classic of children's literature; a cautionary tale for adult readers; a warning of the fragility of the English countryside; and an expression of fear at threatened social changes that, in the aftermath of the World War I, became a reality. Like its remarkable author, the book balances maverick tendencies with conservatism. Kenneth Grahame was an Edwardian pantheist whose work has a timeless appeal, an escapist whose withdrawal from reality took the form of time travel into his own past.

Author: Matthew Dennison
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 02/05/2019
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781643130071


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2018
Booklist 01/01/2019 pg. 30

About the Author
Matthew Dennison is the author of five critically acclaimed works of non-fiction, including Behind the Mask: The Life of Vita Sackville-West, a Book of the Year in The Times, Spectator, Independent, and Observer. He is a contributor to Country Life and lives in the United Kingdom

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